• Sara Olson hit .727 (8-for-11) and slugged 1.091 with five runs, a double, one home run, two RBI, two walks and two stolen bases on two tries over four games for Long Beach State to receive a first career Big West Field Player of the Week honor.
• Olson’s week began with a solo home run late in a narrow 3-2 loss at California Baptist on Tuesday night. The Newhall native then went 3-for-3 with a walk and a steal as LBSU upset No. 20 Baylor, 2-1, to open its Louisville Slugger Invitational on Thursday.
• Olson had a hit, run and a walk against San Diego State later that same evening, before going 3-for-4 with a career-high three runs scored in the Beach’s 8-1 romp over Purdue on Sunday.
• The fourth-year junior made eight clean outfield putouts defensively.
• Olson is LBSU’s second Big West Field Player of the Week for 2023, joining the season’s first recipient, Carly Robbins, from Feb. 13.